Barbed-wire fencing



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BARBED WIRE FENCING. 7 No. 293,412. Patented Feb/12,1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEU- WILLIAM E. BROOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE WASHBURN & MOEN MANUFACTURING COMP NY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

l BARBED-WIRE FENCING.

' SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 2992412, dated February 12, 1884 Application filed December 17, 1851.' (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BROOK, of

New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barbed-Vi re Fencing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents. a section of my improved barbed fencing complete. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the section of fencing shown in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow 1 of the same figure. Fig. 3 represents on an enlarged scale a section on line a b, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of arrow 2 of the same figure.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings a single strand of wire, A, is looped or interlocked in such a manner as to make a fencing composed of a series ofloops,

c, d, and e, as shown in the drawings, while a barb-wire, B, is coiled around one of the loops, in this instance around the loop 01, as shown at D in the drawings, said barb-wires B being combined with the looped fencing at suitable distances apart, and the points 0 O projecting in opposite directions from the loop D. The projecting ends 0 G of the barbed piece 13 rest upon the loop parts 0 e-of the fencing, as shown in Fig. 3, the looped part cl being encircled by 5 the loop D of the barbed piece B, as before explained, while at the same time this construction permits the barbed ends G O to swing or move back and forth, so as to occupy oblique positions in respect to alongitudinal line 0 of the fencing, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a fencing is secured presenting quite a large and conspicuous surface to the eye of animals in fields inclosed with it, while at 5 the same time it will be elastic, conforming tothe various temperatures of the season. Then, again. it will be obs rved that the barb-points G C of the barb-wire B can swing around into inclined positions, as indicated in dot-ted lines, 50 Fig. 1, whereby when an animal runs against one of the points such point will, swing and draw out as the animal passes along, thereby preventing a deep tear in the skin or flesh of the animal.

Having described my improvements in barbed-wire fencing, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A metal fencing comprising a single wire 60 looped after the manner of a chain or crochet strip, as indicated, and provided with suitable barbs, substantially as described.

WVILLIAM E. BROOK.

WVitn esses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL. 

